Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

This dataset is based on querying Wikipedia category pages for entities of interest.

Using PETScan, this dataset is generated by querying specific categories on Wikidata and extracting the entities that are part of them and describe persons.

This is used to fetch profiles of politically exposed persons and other entities of interest.

Data overview 

Entities:
Total349,822
Searchable184,328
Targets167,244
Entity types:
People167,244
Positions17,084
Countries:
259 countries · Show overview...
Publisher:Wikidata · Global non-official source

Wikidata is a free and open knowledge base that can be read and edited by both humans and machines. It acts as central storage for the structured data of its Wikimedia sister projects including Wikipedia, Wikivoyage, Wiktionary, Wikisource, and others.

Collections:in OpenSanctions Default · Politically Exposed Persons Datasets
Information:meta.wikimedia.org
Source data:petscan.wmcloud.org · CSV
Tags:list.pep
Coverage:added · frequency: daily
Last processed:
2026-11-04 00:12:04 · v. 20261104001204-fwp · change statistics...
Last change:

Using the API 

You can query the data in this dataset via these API endpoints:

For entity matching, use the /match endpoint:
For full-text search, use the /search endpoint:
Use the Reconciliation API in OpenRefine:

Recent additions 

The following targeted entities have been added to this data source most recently:

AddedNameTypeCountries
Achmad FauziPersonIndonesia
Naguib SinarimboPersonPhilippines
Mohd Ridhwan Mohd AliPersonMalaysia
Levito BaligodPersonPhilippines
Amer Zaakaria RakimPersonPhilippines
Karol Mark YeePersonPhilippines
Julius Caesar VaquilarPersonPhilippines
Allida BlackPersonUnited States
Bruce J. OreckPersonUnited States
Julia Chang BlochPersonUnited States · China
Rita HauserPersonUnited States
Lidija VukićevićPersonSerbia
Kevin O'MalleyPersonUnited States
David SandersPersonUnited States
Prudence BushnellPersonUnited States
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